DeCrow, 76, of Jamesville, died at home at 6 a.m. after an extended illness, according to long-time friend Rowena Malamud, president of the Greater Syracuse chapter of the National Organization for Women.

"She was one of my heroes," Malamud said.

DeCrow was a past national president of NOW and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2009.

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Karen DeCrow wrote extensively for Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard. Find her columns here.
Sean Kirst on DeCrow, when she was enshrined in the National Women's Hall of Fame:

In her lifetime, she helped to make those walls crumble and fall. "The young females today, they seem to think they can do anything," said DeCrow, sounding quietly amazed.